Specific public health concerns

High-Risk Populations"'Pushing it to the limit

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Traffic_and_Motor_Vehicle_Safety_Act

Early treatment of sports injuries

All sports injuries should be assessed and treated under the supervision of a fully qualified healthcare professional such as a doctor or physiotherapist. During the early stage following a sports injury the principles of treatment are the same for most injuries. They are given the acronym PRICE and are:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_injuries

Treatment

Medical care usually begins when paramedics or emergency medical technicians arrive on the scene of an accident or when a TBI patient arrives at the emergency department of a hospital. Because little can be done to reverse the initial brain damage caused by trauma, medical personnel try to stabilize the patient and focus on preventing further injury. Primary concerns include insuring proper oxygen supply, maintaining adequate blood flow, and controlling blood pressure. Since many head-injured patients may also have spinal cord injuries, the patient is placed on a back-board and in a neck restraint to prevent further injury to the head and spinal cord.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury

Epidemiology

TBI is a major public health problem, especially among males ages 15 to 24, and among elderly people of both sexes 75 years and older.[1] Children aged 5 and younger are also at high risk for TBI.[1] Males account for two thirds of childhood and adolescent head trauma patients.[2]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury

Self-injury awareness

There are many movements among the general self-injury community to make self-injury itself and treatment better known to mental health professionals as well as the general public. SIAD (Self Injury Awareness Day) which is set for March 1 of every year, is one such movement. On this day some people choose to be more open about their own self-injury, and awareness organizations make special efforts to raise awareness about self-injury. Some people wear ribbons to show awareness; commonly orange ribbons are used for this. Sometimes a red and black ribbon is also used, generally signifying a person who self-injures.[33] Sometimes orange is used to represent those who self-injure, white for those who don't injure but show support and white and orange together show someone who is trying to stop or has stopped self-injury.[34] A single white bead on an orange bracelet may sometimes be used for those who want to stop and several mixed white and orange beads is for those who have stopped.[35]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-injury

Diffuse axonal injury

Diffuse axonal injury, or DAI, usually occurs as the result of an acceleration or deceleration motion, not necessarily an impact. Axons are stretched and damaged when parts of the brain of differing density slide over one another. Prognoses vary widely depending on the extent of damage.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_injury

fracture of skull (800-804)

''''* (800) Fracture of vault of skull''''

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICD-9_codes_800-999:_Injury_and_poisoning

Scotland

Though Scots law is a mixed system, its heritage in civil law leads to a situation more reminiscient of a civil law jurisdiction. Here all prosecutions are carried out by Procurators Fiscal and Advocates Depute on behalf of the Lord Advocate, and, in theory, they can direct investigations by the police. In very serious cases a Procurator Fiscal, Advocate Depute or even the Lord Advocate may take charge of a police investigation. It is at the discretion of the Procurator Fiscal, Advocate Depute or Lord Advocate to take a prosecution to court and to decide on whether to prosecute it under solemn procedure or summary procedure. Other remedies are open to a prosecutor in Scotland, including fiscal fines and non-court based interventions such as rehabilitation and social work. All prosecutions are handled within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Procurators fiscal will usually refer cases involving minors to Children's Hearings, which are not courts of law, but a panel of lay members empowered to act in the interests of the child.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor

Certification and education

In order to practice law in the United States, a personal injury lawyer must pass a written bar examination and, in some cases, a written ethics examination. Bar examinations vary on a state-to-state basis. However, most states require applicants to have completed a four-year college degree and a law degree from an accredited law school.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_injury_lawyer

Legal aid in Australia

Australia has a federal system of Government comprising federal, state and territory jurisdictions. The Australian (Commonwealth) and State and Territory governments are each responsible for the provision of legal aid for matters arising under their laws.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Aid

Joint and several liability

Tort reformers have had the most legislative success in limiting the common law rule of joint and several liability, often replacing it with a rule of proportionate liability. Of the forty-six states that had a joint and several liability rule, thirty-three states have abolished or limited the rule.[5] Opponents of tort reform contend that the elimination of the rule would undercompensate people who had the misfortune to be hurt by more than one person, if at least one of the defendants does not have the financial means to pay his or her share of proportionate liability.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform